talked (to)

past tense of talk (to)
as in spoke (to or with)
to communicate with by means of spoken words I had never talked to a real live cowboy before

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Verb
  • That’s a lot of risk factors for one system, most that cannot be addressed in a simple way.
    Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Following the match, Giulia addressed her defeat.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
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  • They were greeted with smiles and hugs by Williams, Wilmore and the other five astronauts aboard the space station.
    Joe Hernandez, NPR, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Last Saturday evening, a recent Columbia University graduate student named Mahmoud Khalil was greeted in the lobby of his apartment building, in Morningside Heights, by four plainclothes agents from the Department of Homeland Security.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Talked (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talked%20%28to%29. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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